Warcraft 3

Quite a lot of things have been added into Warcraft 3 that wasn’t there in the last game, and I will start with the added races. Now you can choose between playing with humans, orcs, night elves and the undead. All of them have awesome capabilities, but also sides of them that other races are better at.
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Warcraft 3 is the first snatch at some real 3d models and terrain. Much time was spent in the detail of the characters, and although blocky up-close, there is a sense of character and style that gives it the Warcraft-like feel. Cut-scenes were just incredible, the main-menu was also replaced by gloomy 3d-menus with an active background giving you the sense that your actually entering their world.
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